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Protecting People

Today’s cyber attacks target people, not technology. Protecting People is a podcast focused on the human side of cybersecurity. Each episode, you’ll learn how today’s threats really work, who’s being targeted by them, and what you can do to safeguard your people, data and systems.Get real-world insight and learn about the latest trends in social engineering, malware, threat protection, cloud security and more. Protecting People is cybersecurity for the rest of us.

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27:16

The People Variable: Inside the Insider Threat Problem

Protecting People ·

2020/11/11

Nobody wants to view employees as insider threats. Yet in the last 2 years, there have been about 40% more insider threat incidents - almost 1 in 3 breaches involves insider threats. In this first episode of our People Variable miniseries, we interview Sai Chavali, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Proofpoint, about insider threats. What we talked about: - The 3 types of people-centric insider threats - Providing targeted security awareness about insider threats - How insider threats are

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22:09

How to Be a Cyber Criminal: Ransomware Scams

Protecting People ·

2020/10/22

Would you pay the ransom? There are 4,000+ ransomware attacks per day with $3.5Bn lost in just 2019. Looks like the answer is Yes. In our 6th episode to understand the mind of cybercriminals, your Protecting People hosts learn all about ransomware from Christopher Budd, Principal at Christopher Budd Security, and Ryan Kalember, EVP, Cybersecurity Strategy at Proofpoint. What we talked about: - What ransomware is & why people pay - How to pay your ransomware attacker - Professionalism

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19:47

How to Be a Cyber Criminal: Malware Scams

Protecting People ·

2020/10/07

The word malware comes from “malicious” + “software” — and it’s as bad as it sounds. To get inside the minds of cyber criminals, we asked 2 security experts to teach us about malware. In this episode, we interviewed Christopher Budd, Principal at Christopher Budd Security, and Sherrod DeGrippo, Sr. Director, Threat Research and Detection at Proofpoint, about how to get and avoid malware. What we talked about: - What malware is & how to get it - Different types of malware like rats &

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30:52

#TacklingUserBehavior 4: Symphony in Your Security...

Protecting People ·

2020/09/02

We recently put this question to three security awareness experts: Where do you start with a company-wide training program? In this #TacklingUserBehavior episode, we interview Eddie Whittingham, founder of the recently-acquired The Defence Works, Kurt Wescoe, Former CMU Faculty and Chief Architect at Proofpoint Security Awareness Training, and Robert Shields, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Proofpoint. What we talked about: - The need to have specific goals instead of doing “everything”

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40:37

How to Be a Cyber Criminal: Email Phishing Scams

Protecting People ·

2020/08/19

Not all cybercriminals are evil. Some send phishing emails to their coworkers for their own good. We’re talking about simulated phishing emails for education. In this episode, we interview Jason Riegner, Jr Front End Developer at Proofpoint, about the Microsoft TEAMS phish he designed, which most of us fell for. What we talked about: - How to identify a phishing email - What to do & especially what not to do when you get one - The nuanced design of phishing emails, from intricate to

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19:24

How to Be a Cyber Criminal: Email Account Compromise...

Protecting People ·

2020/08/12

BEC, or Business Email Compromise, is when an attacker disguises themselves to look like a trusted person. But EAC, or Email Account Compromise, is when an attacker actually compromises an email account. They can start sending emails as, well, you. In this episode, we hear from past guests Rob Holmes, Sherrod DeGrippo, & Mike Bailey about how to access and compromise a legitimate mailbox. What we talked about: - BEC & EAC attacks caused more than $26 billion in losses since 2016 - Why a

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17:49

#TacklingUserBehavior 3: Death to Death by Powerpoint

Protecting People ·

2020/08/05

Wouldn’t it be great if security training were so exciting that employees started begging for the next episode? Security training should feel like watching your favorite sketch comedies. In this episode, we interview Eddie Whittingham, Founder of The Defense Works and former police officer and lawyer, about his inspiration for humorous, interactive security training. What we talked about: - Finally, the end of traditional security training - How interactive comedy affects user behaviors -

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22:33

#TacklingUserBehavior 2: Navigating the Complex...

Protecting People ·

2020/07/22

Security is like having a foolproof safe. Privacy is like telling everyone the combination. When it comes to the complex security and privacy landscape, where do you even start with awareness training? In this episode of the #TacklingUserBehavior series, we interview Daniel Solove, Founder of TeachPrivacy and John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School. What we talked about: - The overlap between privacy and security - The “hub and spokes”

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26:26

How to Be a Cyber Criminal: Business Email Compromise...

Protecting People ·

2020/07/15

80% of what you need to be a cybercriminal is Internet access. The other 20% is mostly social engineering. Effective cybercriminals understand how people think. In this episode, we interview Robert Holmes, VP and General Manager, Email Fraud Defense at Proofpoint, about the easy process for business email compromise (BEC) attacks. What we talked about: - Smaller companies are more likely to be victimized than larger companies - Cybercriminals pretend to be a trusted persona (like your CEO)

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29:58

#ExpertInsights 2: How Cyber Criminals Manipulate the...

Protecting People ·

2020/07/08

Your workers are 100% remote now… using their personal devices and personal accounts for work. Cybercriminals will capitalize on their shock and fear to cause as much data loss as possible. In this #ExpertInsights episode, I interview Tim Choi, VP of Product Marketing at Proofpoint, about how to protect your people from cybercrimes… remotely. What we talked about: - Examples of shock-based phishing (some are quite clever) - What employees can do to protect themselves - What employers can

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27:10

#TacklingUserBehavior 1: New Ways of Tackling Old...

Protecting People ·

2020/07/08

Users still clicking phishing emails? Reusing passwords? Don't worry - you're not alone. In this inaugural episode of our new #TacklingUserBehavior series, we interview Kurt Wescoe, VP of Engineering at Proofpoint and former Carnegie Mellon University faculty, about how to achieve successful user behavior change. What we talked about: - The importance of user buy-in and engaging security awareness programs - Contextualizing education for users might mean incident-by-incident training -

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15:19

So You Want to Be a Cyber Criminal

Protecting People ·

2020/07/01

Do you think you have what it takes to be a cybercriminal? It’s not a profile you might expect: high in people skills… low in tech. In this episode, we interview Adenike Cosgrove, Director of International Product Marketing at Proofpoint, about skills that cybercriminals need. What we talked about: - Ideal places to live for cybercrime - People skills, not tech skills - Who criminals research — VAPs (very attacked people) - Examples of successful cyber crimes Find additional content

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12:31

#ExpertInsights 1: Voice Archiving

Protecting People ·

2020/06/23

Regulatory change can inspire downright terror in many of us. When that happens, the best thing to do is search for insights from experts. In this episode, the first in our #ExpertInsights series, we interview Guy Levitt, CEO at TeleMessage, and Nigel Cannings, CTO at Intelligent Voice, about the myriad challenges of recording voice calls. What we talked about: - Everything can be retrieved in WhatsApp - Why regulations are so apparently conflicting and definitely confusing - Predictions

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23:53

Managing Privilege: Balancing Access with Security

Protecting People ·

2020/03/09

Privilege is an entity's degree of power within an org. Think technical access, like a DevOp manager’s ability to manipulate sensitive files and systems. Or a finance team member’s authority to issue wire transfers on behalf of the org. We are rounding out our series on risk by interviewing Roie Cohen Duwek, Director of Security Research at Proofpoint, about privilege-based attacks. What we talked about: - Why EAC attacks are so insidious and effective - Privilege abuse and cloud-based

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26:45

Why All Threats Are Not Created Equal

Protecting People ·

2020/03/02

If you could send an email as anyone, who would it be? You might pick an executive assistant, the agent of your favorite band, or a payroll employee. Jumping from persona to persona is the game that hackers are playing now. In this episode, we interview Sherrod DeGrippo, Sr. Director of Threat Research and Detection at Proofpoint, about the psychology of today’s hackers. What we talked about: - The psychology of threat agents and how they bounce across personas in an organization -

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32:08

Exploring Vulnerability: Why Phishing Works

Protecting People ·

2020/02/24

Just 61% of survey respondents knew what the definition of phishing was — and that was from a multiple-choice list. This response is a huge indication of the language gap between InfoSec and users, which speaks to the urgent need for security awareness training. In this episode, we interview Gretel Egan, Security Awareness and Training Strategist at Proofpoint, about the extent of vulnerabilities. What we talked about: - What effective security awareness training looks like - The 2020

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32:01

A Model for Assessing Today’s Threats

Protecting People ·

2020/02/17

Why would you do something hard when you could do something easy? That’s exactly what attackers are thinking. 99% of attacks rely on duping a human to run malicious code. In this episode, we interview Ryan Kalember, EVP of Cybersecurity Strategy at Proofpoint, about why today’s attacks are about people, not infrastructure. What we talked about: - Social engineering is at the heart of over 99% of cyberattacks - 26 billion cyberattacks are only a tiny fraction - Industry focuses on

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22:17

Executive Spotlight: Interview with Signify’s Global...

Protecting People ·

2020/01/16

There are only two types of companies in the world today: companies that are compromised and companies that don’t know they’re compromised. Which one is yours? In this episode of Protecting People, we interview Prasanna Ramakrishnan, Global Head of Infosecurity Risk at Signify, about the fact that we are all living in a continuously compromised state. What we talk about: - Smart devices in your home can be hacked - People are the weakest link in the security chain - The 2 types of

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23:42

Executive Spotlight: Interview with Atlassian CISO

Protecting People ·

2020/01/13

The biggest cybersecurity challenges are the wicked problems, the unsolvable, people-based problems. A lot of security is getting into the “wicked problem” space at this point. On this episode, we interview Adrian Ludwig, CISO at Atlassian, about how he protects people against people-based risks: What we talked about: -Challenges in communicating risk effectively to people -Creating layered systems to protect against training failures -Finding hidden expectations in your workplace and

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19:37

Cyber Insecurity: Surprises from The Economist Research

Protecting People ·

2020/01/13

85% of execs identified that most cybersecurity breaches are a result of human vulnerabilities. Not because of technology. Because of people. Listen in to hear 2 ways that companies are responding to protect themselves from people-based threats. On this episode, we interview Robert Powell, Editorial Director Americas and Thought Leadership at The Economist Intelligence Unit: What we talked about: -The most surprising statistics from Robert’s latest report -Who is most likely to be targeted

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